Rome, May 17, Monsignor Cesare Orstnigo, Papal Nuncio Ju Berlin, has been instructed to express confidentially to the Ger~ man Government the Vatican's profound concern at the extension of the war, and the hope that mill~ tary operations will be conducted in" conformity with humanitarian principles, says a dispatch from Rome to the Swiss Telegraphic Agency, The Papal Nuncio, the report declares, has also informed the Reich of the Pope's concern for Catholics in the countries invaded by Germany, these representations prove useless, Vatican circles declare, the Vatican would consider official par~ ticipation in the joint protest against Germany's action, which is being advocated by American - countries—Router, Germans Bomb and Sink Refugee Ship London, May 17.
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